Key West Tropical Salad Recipes

Steps:

• In 1 1/2-quart saucepan, heat sugar and water to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered about 2 minutes, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved; remove from heat. Stir in lime juice and tequila.
• Let lime dressing stand until room temperature. Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until cool.
• Stir lime peel into dressing. In very large bowl, carefully toss fruit and dressing. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium-high heat until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain, crumble, and set aside.
• Combine pineapple juice, red wine vinegar, oil, pepper and salt in a lidded jar or cruet. Cover and shake well.
• Toss lettuce, pineapple, macadamia nuts, green onions and bacon together in a large bowl. Pour dressing over salad and toss to coat. Garnish with toasted coconut.

Steps:

• In large bowl combine lettuce pieces, shredded carrot and fruits. Refrigerate until chilled.
• In a medium bowl, mix dressing ingredients and refrigerate.
• Before serving, add the croutons sprinkled with the ground cinnamon into the salad.
• Add cashews pieces and serve with the dressing.

Steps:

• Wash and dry lemon, lime and 2 mandarin oranges. Zest the washed and dried citrus with a zester or fine grater. Add to 1 cup measuring cup or small bowl. Cut each in half and squeeze the juice into the measuring cup. (You should get about 1/2 cup juice). Add honey, ginger and poppy seeds to juice mixture and whisk until combined. Set aside or place in the refrigerator if serving later. Prepare remaining fruit. Slice strawberries and kiwi. Section remaining oranges. Cut pineapple and mango into bite size chunks. Place fruit in a large bowl. Pour dressing on top of fruit about 30 minutes before serving. Gently toss to coat. Serve and enjoy! Cook's note: This fruit salad is fabulous with whatever you have on hand. I love carambola (star fruit) and papaya in this salad as well. Bananas are lovely, but have to be added at the last minute or they will get soft and not look pretty.

Steps:

• Drain pineapple, reserving 1 tablespoon juice. In a large bowl, combine the greens, pineapple and cheese. In a small bowl, whisk the mayonnaise, sugar and reserved pineapple juice. Pour over salad; toss to coat.

Steps:

• heat sugar and water to boiling, reduce heat, simmer uncovered abot 2 minutes,stirring constantly until sugar is dissolved.
• remove from heat, stir in lime juice.
• let stand at room temp, cover and chill 2 hours.
• stir lime peel into sauce, careully toss fruit and sauce, serve immediately.

Steps:

• In a serving bowl put the black beans, corn, sun dried tomatoes, shallot and gouda cheese.
• In a jar with a lid add the key lime juice and oil and cayenne pepper.
• Put the lid on the jar shake until mixed well.
• Pour on the salad and mix.
• Chill for about 2 hours.
• Serve.